Administrative unit

Newton Borough

Ancient District

Preferred Name:
NEWTON
Unit Type:
Ancient District
Status:
Borough
Date created:
 
Date abolished:
 
Unit ID:
10140407
Authorities:
F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 720.

Notes:

M.W.Beresford and J.K.St. Joseph, writing in Medieval England: An Aerial Survey, 2nd. edn. (Cambridge University Press, 1979), p. 154, write about a set of plots north-east of Warkworth, across the Coquet, as follows: 'They can be related to the selions of Warkworth Nova Villa (or New Town) where it had been intended (before 1249) to create a second borough for mariners and fishermen. In a rental of 1498 twenty tenants shared these selions which were still regarded as part of Warkworth even though lying across the river in Birling parish; in a survey of 1569 the abortive New Town site was described as 'not inhabited'.'

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
NORTHUMBERLAND Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 720.

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
WARKWORTH AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 349.
How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Newton Borough through time | Census tables with data for the Ancient District, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10140407

Date accessed: 28th March 2024